Snake moments

thanks for your replies keep them coming and ill post you to tell you if this whole thing works or not ( hopefully does )

one time, floyd was at the park with us. it was a nice day and there weren't many kids because it was during school hours. well, there was a couple there with a young boy- prolly about 4- who was very interested in our little guy. the mom started freaking out, yelling at her hubby to keep their son away from 'that nasty thing!' the husband just smiled (his back was turned to her) and continued to let his son admire (and even touch) the nasty critter! hehehe...

That is so true ive previously owned bps and my girlfriend told me she would never touch on in a million years. About 2 weeks ago i bought a juvenile corn snake and she felt comfortable around it and let her crawl around on her hands. finally after getting used to handeling the corn snake she picked up the bp and i never seen such a big smile on someones face. that was one of the best feelings to be able to share something i love with someone i love and to see her overcome her feer.

when i hold crowley he somehow manages to make it up around my shoulders if not draped behind my neck and under my hair. or he'll try and climb up my head or wrap his tail around my ear.

now, if he's with my boyfriend on the bed he's always, ALWAYS trying to get into tony's pocket or his shorts if he's wearing them.. once he had his head in his pocket and his tail 'fishhooked' on tony's shorts. it was like he just couldnt decide.

back when i still had my pastel from NERD (sold her a few months ago) she was more active than my corns, especially in testing if she could get out. every time i'd see her with her head flat on the top of the tub, i'd pull the top off, watching her try and stiffen and act like a stick or branch of wood was hilarious. she always had a look of "oh.. you caught me"

then last night when i was changing the waterbowls in my new female's tank, she's a fat fatty and decided to try and get under the water bowl rather than her hide, i just watched her crawl under, get stuck not even 1/3 the way under and then try to wriggle out. lets just say she has not tried that again. i just sat and laughed at her thinking she was going to fit in that space.

My significant other has helped wrangle and rescue crocs and alligators. also has bred and raised iguana's and other reptiles. But still has a fear of snakes and spiders. Honestly I like my BP much better then any of the iguanas and dragons I have seen and held. But each day my significant other's fear of snakes is getting smaller. He gets braver and will touch it and watch it but still wont hold it or have it around his neck yet. Yet he is the one that got my Whodini :D

this one time my snake was hiding, in his hide. it was the strangest thing. :carrot:

the other day another homeschooling family came over to see all our critters. the mom didn't want to hold a snake, but her daughter gingerly agreed to do so. we took out two... our ball python and a corn snake (gandalf the grey... anery a).

i talked about the differences between them. their personalities... she really enjoyed holding dexter (ball python) she loves the way he wrapped around her arm and just laid there like a big pile of pudding.

in the end, she was so proud of herself. she felt she achieved something... like she'd just climbed a mountain... she smiled at me and said, "i will never forget this day, thank you aleesha".

for me... that's what it's all about. assisting others to find their passion, their love or even just simply their tolerance of snakes. because without snake owners... no one will know what wonderful creatures they truly are.

they are amazing an beautiful (yet somtimes misunderstood)creatures ask your parents to help you pick a snake from a store so they will know they are makeing a choice on a non aggersive snake.

i was looking through my old threads and thought this would be an interesting 1 to get restarted and thanks for all the old posts that i just read through again

oo and an update on the snake thing i think i might be getting somewhere becuase when i first ask my mum she wouldnt even go near one but recently she went to a pet store and touched a corn and she touched my sisters partners ball python

I'm a Mom like your Mom. When my daughter turned 16, she wanted a ball python. I really didn't want a snake. I asked her to do all the research on the snake because they take some caring that's very specific. She did that and after a family meeting - we all agreed that she could have the bp if she realized that she was the one that had to care for it. In general, I'm afraid of snakes! Now, she's gone away to college and I have to take care of Dakota. I'm actually finding him fascinating to watch and I'm committed to helping him stay happy in his home. I pet him last week and am wanting to pick him up and hold him. I've used this site to get some helpful hints. It might help to have your Mom talk about her concerns with folks on this thread. Everyone is incredibly helpful. They're certainly not dangerous animals and once you start working on the relationship, it seems that a trust develops between you and the animal. For example, when I first started taking care of Dakota about 6 weeks ago, every time I put my hand in his enclosure to change his water, etc. he'd come right out of his hide to smell me. It was scary at first. Now, he doesn't even move his lazy self off his branch in the evenings when I open up his enclosure for something. He knows me at this point. I'm surprised at how much fun I'm having learning about him and taking care of him.